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==Background==
The original firm associated with Millwall was known as F-Troop.<ref name="H001">
{{cite book
| last = Nicholls
| first = Andy
| authorlink = Andy Nicholls
| coauthors = Nick Lowles
| title = Hooligans: The A-L of Britain's Football Hooligan Gangs
| publisher = Milo Books
| date = September 2005
| location = ]
| pages = 210
| isbn = 1903854415}}</ref> The Bushwackers were one of the most active firms in the 1980s. Their primary purpose was to cause trouble and fights at Millwall football matches. On occasion they were blamed for causing some of the worst acts of rioting in British football.

The Bushwackers took and adapted their name from groups, known as ] that would ] certain individuals and towns during the ].

The hooligan firm still exists today. However, the firm is not as large as it was at its height in the 1980s. This is due in part to ex-Millwall chairman ]' introduction of a membership scheme following the events outside ] on the evening of the ] play off semi-final in May 2002. Sergeant Russell Lamb of the ], a veteran of the ] and ], described this as the worst violence he had ever experienced.<ref name="BBC1966286">
{{cite news
| title = Injured officer describes 'battlefield'
| publisher = ]
| date = ]
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/1966826.stm
| accessdate = 2007-02-20 }}</ref>


==See also== ==See also==

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Millwall Bushwackers is a hooligan firm associated with Millwall FC that originated in the early 1980s, an era of prominent football hooliganism.

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  1. "Undercover with 'the firm'". BBC News. 2002-05-10. Retrieved 2007-09-02. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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